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Nabors, Martha L.; Edwards, Linda Carol; Decker, Suzanne – Science and Children, 2010
The first-grade classroom was like a natural history museum. Bird nests of every shape and size lay on top of bookshelves that lined two walls. Methods students, who were visiting the classroom in preparation for the science lessons they would teach there, were immediately inspired by the collection. They used the collection as a springboard for…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Methods Courses, Natural Sciences, Animals
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Kitchen, Richard; DePree, Julie – AMATYC Review, 2004
In this article, the authors describe their efforts to assess prospective K-8 teachers' knowledge of proportional reasoning. Based upon their analysis of prospective K-8 teachers' work on a mathematics performance task, they discuss the implications for preparing prospective teachers to teach proportional reasoning to their students. In general,…
Descriptors: Methods Courses, Misconceptions, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematical Concepts
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Johnson, C. Denise; Altland, Vicki – Literacy Teaching and Learning, 2004
The purpose of this article is to describe how a collaborative partnership between a public school teacher and university teacher-educator positively influenced their thinking about effective literacy practices in schools. The collaboration began when the two attended a state initiative summer literacy project. During the workshop they engaged in…
Descriptors: Public School Teachers, College Faculty, Teacher Educators, Cooperation